Period Photographs of the US Artillery Vehicles
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Above: Original photograph of an M1918 Caisson Limber with camouflage paint.
Period Photographs of the US Artillery Vehicles
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Above: Original photograph of an M1918 Caisson Limber with camouflage paint.
(Above) Although this is a fairly unpleasant photograph, it shows a camouflage painted US M1918 Caisson and Caisson Limber with the horse team killed in service in Europe in World War I. The orginal caption reads "Artillery Caisson in a German trap". Most photos show this equipment in a factory environment in the United States. This is one of the few photos that clearly shows use in combat. US Artillery in the WW1 Era used a mix of US and French accompanying vehicles.
(Below) The photograph shows the French Caisson in US service. (Both photographs from History of the 55th Field Artillery Brigade)
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The table below indicates that thousands of US M1918 Caissons and Caisson Limbers made it to Europe before the end of WW1.
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All images, research, and text are sole property of Ralph Lovett